Two teens arrested for throwing 8-year-old boy into sea

Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after they allegedly threw an 8-year-old boy into the sea in the city of Omuta in Fukuoka Prefecture, police said Thursday.

According to police, the two youths, along with three other students, aged 11-12, accosted the boy in a store and took him to a park where they choked him and burned him with lit cigarettes for over an hour from 6:30 p.m. on Aug 6. They then brought the boy to a nearby harbor and threw him into the water with the intent of killing him to hide their assault, police allege.

The boy was able to climb up a ladder back onto the pier by himself, but he sustained bone fractures and other serious injuries. He was picked up by an officer on patrol after his parents had reported him missing.

Police said one of the boys under arrest recorded the violence with his mobile phone camera. The footage showed the crying victim being attacked for several minutes in the park.

One of the assailants was quoted as saying: “He rode my bicycle without asking, and it made me mad.”

Police are currently working with a child consultation center on the case.

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sadistic bastards. i seriously hope the 8 year olds parents file civil suit charges against the parents of all the others. not as punishment but as a signal that parental responsibility must be taken seriously.

these boys need more than a "child consultation center." this is just too sad. are children being brought up (anywhere) to have any sort of empathy?????? i guess parents don`t have much either, otherwise it might of given the children guidance before it was too late.

11 to 15 year olds??? 100% responsibility of the parents. The scary thing is that if these kids are truly evil, upon serving whatever punishment they get, they will probably go after the kid again in retaliation.

Sadistic little sh#ts. I concur with every post here. Most frighteningly, I too thought of the Bolger killing. It's a wonder this poor little fellow made it through. Kudos to him for having the strength to save himself. With the proper care and attention, this boy should be fine. Young kids bounce back like that, even from something as horrific as this.

"One of the assailants was quoted as saying: “He rode my bicycle without asking, and it made me mad.”

Ah, yes... the "let's murder without reason or care" case for the day. I hope these guys are tried as adults. Won't happen, but there can be hope. They did, after all, take the time to FILM the event and enjoy doing it.

Wow..this kid is one tough little bugger. Fractures, burns, beatings choking, and he climbed a ladder back onto the pier after being left to die in the water. If i was this little fellas dad i would be waiting to strike these wastes of society who did this like a tornado thrashing into a little cubby house. You can bet your bottom dollar that the courts will let these sadistic little sh!ts go with only a warning. I would strike the fear of god into these creatures so that they will think twice about even looking sideways at my son again.

my older child is 8 years old, and just to even think of a boy that age is being beaten up and thrown into the ocean breaks my heart.
the boy will need some emotional as well to help him heal. i'm just glad he survived.

Wonderful stuff, NOT. The facts of this case have all the hallmarks of something that got really out of control. The rule of the mob. Something like "Lord of the Flies" does Japan.

Anyway, the cops really need to go in hard on this one. The ringleaders (one would assume the teenagers) need to be banged up in detention for the foreseeable future. Making the experience as tough as possible would also be desirable. Being on the receiving end of some the less savory aspects of institutionalized life would probably do wonders for these youngsters.

Furthermore, the legal system should not cut them any slack because of their age. A bit of biff down the park is one thing, however, burning people and breaking bones is wrong. Moreover, your average 10 year old knows that such actions are wrong. As such, I would hope that the court does not get into arguments about the age of legal responsibility. What these kids did was wrong, and they sure as hell know it.

Finally, the victim (and his family) should launch civil proceedings against the "parents" of these little shxts (I use the term "parents" loosely) with the objectives being maximized financial compensation and maximum embarrassment for the perpetrators and their families. Why? Because nothing beats the court of public opinion here in Japan.

You know. Of course this is heinous, but in how many such cases are things just done for no reason at all? It is terrible to say, but I am a little relieved to read the kid was being punished for SOMETHING. Don't even start with the lectures about sadism, etc. I get it, I get it,... but still... Let's just say that sure, the kids had their violence dials turned up to 11, but they still appear to have an on and off switch. Maybe there is hope for them.

My first reaction was "what is wrong with these kids?" swiftly followed by "what is wrong with these parents?" If one of my children ever did something so horrific I would be so ashamed at my failure as a parent I think I would want to be locked up too.

This is nothing short of torture and attempted murder and kids as young as 10 know exactly what they are doing. I really hope they don`t get to hide behind their "minor" status. Little b#$%"#&s deserve exactly what is coming to them.

These teens are replicating violence of the Yakuza tactics and want to be known as such publicly. They probably have no discipline or love from their parents so they resort to being in gangs and acting like bullys. Once they are recognized to the Yakuzas for acting this way, they are hired as members if they can pass memnbership initiation tests.

i heard that as the 8-year-boy was trying to climb up, those older boys yelled at him saying "do not come back!" and watched him stay in the water for awhile, making sure that he would not come back.
the thoughts of IF it was winter time, or IF the boy had given up really scares me..

Sick and horrific! As other people have stated, it seems unlikely that these kids suddenly went pycho. Torturing the boy for an hour and then throwing him in the water to die: that's very very brutal. There must have been other events that led up to this. Maybe they had been bullying this poor boy before and no one did anything to stop them. What the heck causes young boys to do something so violent?! What the kind of parents do they have?! So disturbing. Thank goodness the boy survived.